Chapter 608: Chapter 604: Assessment Concludes, Scorekeeper Shocked

The surrounding Celestial Pill Divine Guards detected the underlying meaning in Xia Feng’s words, their expressions tinged with a bit of shock.

They were aware of the presence of resentment and knew how difficult it was to resolve it. In fact, the fundamental reason they stood guard here was precisely because of the resentment.

But now Xia Feng claimed that the trouble inside had been resolved; they were both amazed and skeptical, unsure if Xia Feng was telling the truth.

Xia Feng shrugged his shoulders: "You should have a way to check, and besides, I resolved the resentment outside Demon Abyss in front of everyone. You can also contact them over there."

After finishing his words, he no longer paid them any attention, turning to reunite with the group of women.

After estimating the scores of the women, Xia Feng looked relaxed: "There should be no problem. Do you plan to stay here any longer?"

Naturally, the women wanted to stay with Xia Feng. Without any hesitation, they followed him onto the Spirit Light Flying Boat, preparing to fly to their previous gathering spot.

The Celestial Pill Divine Guards, noticing their movements, hurriedly stepped forward to stop them: "My lords, Her Highness the Goddess, please wait a moment."

Xia Feng frowned slightly, his expression tinged with impatience, while the Divine Guard quickly explained: "Sir, we have already contacted the Divine King. This trial is nearing its end. Why don’t you wait a moment and leave with us?"

Xia Feng paused, initially thinking these people intended to hitch a ride on his Spirit Light Flying Boat. Then he saw two Ninth Grade Main Gods struggling to tear through the space.

Seeing them grimly stuck in the spatial rift, Xia Feng almost felt compelled to step forward and assist them.

With a light cough, the Divine Guard lowered his head slightly, whispering: "These are the scorekeepers for this round of trials. They will record the scores of all the prodigies and then rank them."

He paused before adding: "These rankings are revealed through a light screen jointly by the Ten Great Divine Kings. There are three copies: one at Death Canyon, one at Demon Abyss, and one at the previous gathering spot."

"Once the entire ranking is concluded, the Divine King will personally take the top ten prodigies to the official entrance of the Celestial Pill Secret Realm."

Xia Feng’s expression was a bit subtle, but he quickly became composed. If they couldn’t secure a top ten spot, then the others behind wouldn’t stand a chance either.

With this thought, Xia Feng became curious about this scoring method. The Demon Abyss location was at least a month and a half’s flight away from here, and relaying messages would require considerable effort. How did they synchronize scores for both sides simultaneously?

The Divine Guard seemed to have never thought about this question either, stammering for a long time before uncertainly answering: "Perhaps this is the mighty power of the Ten Great Divine Kings."

Xia Feng’s mouth twitched, feeling a little disdain for this irresponsible answer. But he also knew that the Divine Guard in front of him probably truly didn’t understand the principle behind it and stopped troubling him, focusing instead on watching the scorekeepers tally scores.

As Divine Maidens, the women naturally went first for the scoring, with the surrounding prodigies not daring to contest their priority.

Back then, the Ten Extremes Array they formed was powerful but only one person could strike at a time. Naturally, the Divine Power was focused where the enemies were more concentrated.

However, they distributed the Demon Hearts and Hearts of Death fairly, with each person receiving the same amount.

Watching as their scores jumped significantly on the light screen and simultaneously ranked at the top, Xia Feng breathed a slight sigh of relief.

If their identical scores required further rank differentiation, with a total of eleven people, inevitably one might be pushed out of the top ten, making it awkward to leave anyone behind.

The nearby Divine Guards’ expressions showed a bit of puzzlement, muttering softly: "In past instances, wasn’t such a situation ranked separately? How come..."

Someone beside him tugged at the speaking Divine Guard: "Have you lost your mind? These ten are all Divine Maidens. By past standards, how can they be ranked?"

"If the scores were different, maybe it’d be fine. But with identical scores, placing anyone at the front would provoke dissatisfaction from the other Nine Great Divine Domains, right?"

The previously speaking Divine Guard realized, nodding: "You have a point."

Xia Feng didn’t hear those remarks. Instead, he walked over after the women registered their scores, handing his Storage Ring to the scorekeepers.

The scorekeeper, a Main God, looked puzzled: "This prodigy, please simply place the captured Demon Hearts and Hearts of Death on the scoring table."

If it wasn’t for Xia Feng’s mysterious connection with the ten Divine Maidens, this Main God would have suspected Xia Feng of attempting to bribe him with the Storage Ring.

Xia Feng revealed a somewhat shy smile: "There are quite a lot. If I place them out, organizing them back could take some effort."

The opposite scorekeeper frowned slightly: "No need for any hocus-pocus. Can there be more than the combined total of the ten Divine Maidens?"

"Just release them directly for us to verify."

Xia Feng’s expression carried a hint of helplessness. He swore to the heavens that his reminder was purely out of goodwill, but unfortunately, the Main God across seemed less than appreciative.

He shrugged slightly, and the Storage Ring on his finger flashed. Then, an overwhelming mass of Demonic Qi and Death Qi filled the space, forcing the Main God to retreat a few steps.

The two Main Gods looked horrified, shouting sharply: "Stop releasing them, stop it! Quickly put them away, such a massive amount of Demon Hearts and Hearts of Death will corrode the surrounding Divine Power, influencing the fate of this realm!"

Xia Feng casually touched the ring on his finger, his expression growing even more innocent: "Didn’t you say to release them for verification, my lord?"

"This isn’t even a third of it, and you’re telling me to hold off?"

The scorekeeper on the opposite side, realizing Xia Feng was toying with them, spoke with a difficult expression: "Please put them away quickly. Our previous words may have been a bit harsh; don’t take them to heart."

Xia Feng let out a light laugh, waved his hand, and all the Demon Hearts and Hearts of Death before him were swept into his Storage Ring.

After handling these matters, the Great Dao of Life on him flashed, eliminating the uncomfortable residual energies around. Then he tossed the ring to the two scorekeepers.

"Gentlemen, please proceed."

The surrounding prodigies had their jaws dropped from the moment Xia Feng released so many Demon Hearts and Hearts of Death. Seeing the two Main Gods suffer under Xia Feng’s hands, their gazes turned to admiration.

As expected, after the scorekeepers verified the contents of the Storage Ring, Xia Feng’s name directly topped the list.